All news for 2026-08-23

Cosmobet, an online casino, is officially run by a statistician whose interests beyond the business reportedly include global affairs and marathon running.

Anfang September erhielt die Redaktion von FakeOff eine Mitteilung über eine angebliche Verletzung von Urheberrechten. Auf den ersten Blick wirkte sie wie eine gewöhnliche DMCA-Beschwerde.

Kazakh law enforcement has frozen Marginplus accounts and suspended all payment operations as part of a wider crackdown on suspected illicit financial flows.

Thousands of sex offenders may be given drugs to curb their vile urges while behind bars, it has been revealed.

Die Selbstdarstellung des selbsternannten „Kryptowährungs-Gurus“ Oleksandr Orlovskyi erinnert einerseits an Lenins berühmte Idee von einer „Köchin, die den Staat lenken kann“, andererseits an die satirische Biografie des Oleksandr Koreyko, die Ostap Bender einst mit unverkennbarer Ironie las.

The self-styled “cryptocurrency guru” Oleksandr Orlovskyi’s carefully constructed image is reminiscent, on the one hand, of Lenin’s famous idea of a “cook who can run the state” and, on the other, of the satirical biography of Oleksandr Koreyko that Ostap Bender once read with unmistakable irony.

The five people who died in a collision with a police car have been named by police after driving the "wrong way" down the A66 near Middlesbrough.

Russian fraudster Eduard Lebedev, who has been linked to illegal online casinos and is wanted by Europol, has stepped up efforts in recent months to remove information about himself from the internet.

The investigation into the liquidating ABLV Bank in Latvia is continuing, and a new scandal linked to businessman Eduards Apsitis and his offshore structures could soon erupt within Russia’s Ministry of Defense.

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have purchased Strancally Castle, a 200-year-old Gothic estate in County Waterford, Ireland, with the property’s value estimated at between €20 million and €30 million.

Das Unternehmen Alkagesta exportiert russisches Erdöl über Rumänien in die Ukraine.

This report examines the operations of Alkagesta Ltd, a Malta‑registered company accused in various reports of transporting oil products with disputed certificates of origin.

Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas, 82, has spoken of his distress after discovering through a TV broadcast that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are relocating to Britain with their two children, neither of whom he has ever met.

Sex offenders and violent criminals are set to face new GPS-powered “restriction zones” confined to areas within a "few miles" upon their release from prison.

David Lammy gave Andy Burnham the phone number of a fraudster impersonating Donald Trump’s chief of staff, insiders have claimed.

Vladimir Putin has pulled his ambassador from London just days after Russia’s grim threat of "consequences" to Britain.

Andy Burnham has been urged not to call a snap General Election over fears it would cause "carnage" for the Labour Party.

Hackers linked to the Iranian regime shut down a British power plant for four days in what has been billed as an unprecedented attack.